List of aquaria

This is a list of aquaria (Public aquariums):

Africa

Egypt

* Alexandria Aquarium - Alexandria

Namibia

* National Marine Aquarium of Namibia - Swakopmund

South Africa

* Two Oceans Aquarium - Cape Town
* UShaka Marine World - Durban

Asia

China

*Shanghai Ocean World - Chang Feng Park, Shanghai (1999)
*Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (Shànghai Haiyáng Shuizú Guan) - Shanghai (2002)
*Qingdao Underwater World & Quingdao Aquarium (1932) - Shandong
*Polar Ocean World - Qingdao (2006)
*Sun Asia Ocean World - Dalian (1994)
*Polar World - Dalian (2002)
*Ocean Park - Nam Long Shan, Hong Kong (1977)

Japan

* Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium - Okinawa
* Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan - Osaka
* Shin-Enoshima Aquarium - Fujisawa

South Korea

* 63 Seaworld - Seoul
* COEX Aquarium - Seoul
* Busan Aquarium - Busan

Indonesia

* Seaworld Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran

*Kish aquarium - Kish island
*Kish dolfinarium - Kish island
*Tehran aquarium - Jajrud, Tehran Province

India

* Taraporewala Aquarium, Mumbai

Israel

* Eilat aquarium

ingapore

*Underwater World - Sentosa

Malaysia

*Aquaria KLCC
* Underwater World Langkawi

Philippines

*Manila Ocean Park - Manila

Taiwan

*National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium - Taiwan

Thailand

*Bangkok Aquarium - Bang Khen, Bangkok
*Bueng Chawak Aquarium - Doem Bang Nang Buat, Suphanburi
*Phuket Aquarium - Phuket
*Rayong Aquarium - Rayong
*Siam Ocean World - Siam Paragon, Pathum Wan (Siam), Bangkok
*Underwater World Pattaya - Pattaya, Chonburi

Europe

Austria

* Haus des Meeres - Vienna [http://www.haus-des-meeres.at/ Haus des Meeres]

Belgium

* Aquatopia (Antwerp)
* Sea Life Centre (Blankenberge)

Bulgaria

* Aquarium - Varna

Denmark

* Denmark's Aquarium ("Danmarks Akvarium") - Charlottenlund
* Nordsøen Oceanarium - Hirtshals
* Kattegatcentret- Grenå

Finland

* Akvaariolinna, the Aquarium Castle - Petikko, Vantaa
* Kiela Naturium - Muonio, Lapland
* Maretarium - Kotka
* Sea Life Helsinki, near the Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Helsinki
* Särkänniemi Aquarium - Tampere

France

* L'Aquashow - Audierne (2000)
* Nausicaä - French National Sea Experience Centre, Boulogne-sur-Mer (1991)
* Le Musée de la mer - Biarritz (1933)
* Océanopolis - Brest (1990)
* La Cité de la mer - Cherbourg (2002)
* Aquarium du Trocadéro - Paris (1878-1985) re-opened as CineAqua (2006)
* Aquarium de la Porte Dorée - Paris (1931)
* Océarium - Le Croisic (1992)
* Sea Life Centre Paris - Marne la Vallée (2001)
* Le Grand Aquarium - Saint-Malo (1996)
* Aquarium de La Rochelle - La Rochelle (2001)
* Aquarium du Musée de Zoologie - Nancy (1970)

Germany

* Aquazoo - Düsseldorf
* Sea Life Centre - Timmendorfer Strand
* Sea Life Centre - Berlin
* Sea Life Centre - Dresden
* Sea Life Centre - Munich
* Sea Life Centre - Konstanz
* Sea Life Centre - Speyer
* Sea Life Centre - Oberhausen
* Sea Life Centre - Nürnberg
* Sea Life Centre - Königswinter
* Sea Life Centre - Hannover
* Berlin Zoological Garden- Aquarium - Berlin
* Stralsund

Hungary

* Tropicarium - Óceanárium - Budapest

Ireland

* Oceanworld - Dingle
* National Sea Life Centre - Bray
* Atlantic world - Salthill

Italy

* Acquario di Genova - Genoa, the second largest in EuropeFact|date=July 2008
* Stazione Zoologica di Napoli - Naples, opened 1874
* Civico Acquario di Milano - Milan, opened 1906
* Alghero Aquarium - Alghero, Sardinia

Lithuania

Lithuanian Sea Museum http://www.muziejus.lt/en/index.html

Monaco

* Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium - Monaco

The Netherlands

* Sea Life Centre - Scheveningen
* Dolfinarium - Harderwijk
* Burgers Ocean - Arnhem

Norway

* Akvariet i Bergen - Bergen
* Risør Akvarium - Risør [http://www.risorakvarium.no/ Risør Akvarium]
* Altanterhavsparken - Ålesund [http://www.atlanterhavsparken.no/ Atlanterhavsparken]

Poland

* Sea Fisheries Institute Aquarium - Gdynia

Portugal

* Oceanarium - Lisbon
* Aquário Vasco da Gama - Algés (near Lisbon), opened 1898
* Fluviário de Mora - Mora, Alentejo (100 km East of Lisbon), opened 2007

Romania

*Acvariu Constanţa - Constanţa (1958)
*Danube Delta's Aquarium - Tulcea
*Acvariu Zoo Timişoara - Timişoara
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Slovenia

* Akvarij - Terarij - Maribor

Spain

* Aquarium Finisterrae - A Coruña
* Sea Life Centre Benalmádena - Benalmádena, Málaga
* Aquarium Barcelona
* Aquarium Parque de Barcelona
* L'Oceanogràfic at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències - Valencia The largest in Europe

Sweden

* Skansen, akvariet (The Skansen Aquaria) - Stockholm
* Universeum - Gothenburg
* Sjöfartsmuseets akvarium (The Aquaria of the Shippingmuseum) - Gothenburg
* Kolmarden Tropicarium and Aqarium

United Kingdom

* Anglesey Sea Zoo - Isle of Anglesey, Wales
* Aquarium of the Lakes - Lake District, England
* Biota! - London, England (opening 2011)
* Blue Planet Aquarium - Ellesmere Port, England
* Blue Reef Aquarium - Centres at Newquay, Portsmouth and Tynemouth in England
* Cannon Aquarium - Manchester, England
* The Deep - Kingston upon Hull, England
* Deep Sea World - North Queensferry, Scotland
* Exploris - Portaferry, Northern Ireland
* Hastings Underwater World - Hastings, England
* Horniman Museum Aquarium - London, England
* Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary - Hunstanton, England
* Lake District Coast Aquarium - Maryport, Cumbria, England
* London Aquarium - London, England
* Macduff Aquarium - Macduff, Scotland
* National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats (NIRAH) - Stewartby, England "(proposed - upon completion would be world's largest aquarium)"
* National Marine Aquarium - Plymouth, England
* National Sea Life Centre - Birmingham, England
* , - Bournemouth, England
* National Seal Sanctuary - Gweek, England
* Rhyl Sea Life Aquarium - Rhyl, Wales
* St Andrews Aquarium - St Andrews, Scotland
* Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary - Oban, Scotland
* Sea Life Centres - Centres at Blackpool, Brighton, Great Yarmouth, Scarborough and Weymouth in England and Loch Lomond in Scotland
* Sealife Adventure - Southend, England
* SeaQuarium - Weston-super-Mare, England

North America

Canada

British Columbia

* Pacific Undersea Gardens - Victoria
* Sealand of the Pacific (defunct) - Victoria
* Ucluelet Aquarium - Ucluelet
* Vancouver Aquarium - Vancouver

Ontario

* Marineland - Niagara Falls

Quebec

* Parc Aquarium du Quebec - Sainte-Foy
* Montreal Aquarium (defunct)

United States

Alabama

* Estuarium - Dauphin Island

Alaska

*Alaska SeaLife Center - Seward, Alaska

Arkansas

*National Park Aquarium - Hot Springs

California

*Aquarium of the Bay - San Francisco
*Aquarium of the Pacific - Long Beach
*Birch Aquarium - La Jolla
*Cabrillo Marine Aquarium - San Pedro
*Monterey Bay Aquarium - Monterey
*Santa Monica Pier Aquarium - Santa Monica
*SeaWorld San Diego - San Diego
*Steinhart Aquarium - San Francisco

Colorado

* Denver's Downtown Aquarium - Denver

Connecticut

* Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk - Norwalk
* Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration - Mystic

Florida

*Florida Aquarium, Tampa
*Key West Aquarium ( [http://www.keywestaquarium.com] ) - Key West
*Miami Seaquarium - Miami
*Mote Marine Laboratory - Sarasota
*Pier Aquarium ( [http://www.stpete-pier.com/pieraquarium.php] ) - St. Petersburg
*The Seas with Nemo & Friends - Orlando
*Sea World- Orlando

Georgia

* Georgia Aquarium - Atlanta, the world's largest aquarium
* Flint RiverQuarium - Albany

Guam

* UnderWater World Guam - Tumon

Hawaii

* Waikiki Aquarium - Waikiki
* Maui Ocean Center - Maui
* Sea life park- Hawaii Kai
* Oceanarium restaurant (In the Pacific Beach Hotel)- Waikiki

Illinois

* Shedd Aquarium - Chicago

Iowa

* National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium - Dubuque

Kentucky

* Newport Aquarium - Newport

Louisiana

* Aquarium of the Americas - New Orleans

Maine

* Gulf of Maine Research Institute - Portland
* Maine Aquarium (closed to re-open in 2008) - Saco

Maryland

* National Aquarium in Baltimore - Baltimore

Massachusetts

* New England Aquarium - Boston

Michigan

Minnesota

* Great Lakes Aquarium - Duluth
* Minnesota Zoo - Apple Valley
* Underwater Adventures Aquarium - Bloomington

Missouri

* Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium - Springfield, Missouri
* [http://www.worldaquarium.org World Aquarium] - St. Louis, Missouri

Nevada

* Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas

New Jersey

*Adventure Aquarium (formerly the New Jersey State Aquarium)- Camden
*Jenkinson's Aquarium [http://www.jenkinsons.com/aquarium/index.cfm] - Point Pleasant Beach
*Marine Mammal Stranding Center [http://www.marinemammalstrandingcenter.org/main.htm] - Brigantine

New Mexico

* Albuquerque Aquarium - Albuquerque

New York

* Aquarium of Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls
* New York Aquarium - Brooklyn
* Atlantis Marine World - Riverhead

North Carolina

* North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher - Kure Beach
* North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island - Roanoke Island
* North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores - Pine Knoll Shores

Oklahoma

* Oklahoma Aquarium - Tulsa

Oregon

* Oregon Coast Aquarium - Newport

Pennsylvania

* Philadelphia Aquarium - Philadelphia (1911-1962)
* PPG Aquarium - Pittsburgh

South Carolina

* Ripley's Aquarium - Myrtle Beach
* South Carolina Aquarium - Charleston

Tennessee

* Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - Gatlinburg
* Tennessee Aquarium - Chattanooga

Texas

* Moody Gardens Aquarium - Galveston
* Houston Zoo Aquarium - Houston
* Caldwell Zoo Aquarium - Tyler
* Texas State Aquarium - Corpus Christi
* Dallas World Aquarium - Dallas
* Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park - Dallas
* Downtown Aquarium - Houston
* Sea World- San Antonio

Virginia

*Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center - Virginia Beach

Washington (State)

*Seattle Aquarium - Seattle
*Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium - Tacoma

Wisconsin

*Reiman Family Aquarium at Discovery World - Milwaukee

Washington D.C.

* National Aquarium - Washington, D.C., oldest in U.S., opened 1873

The Bahamas

* The Dig at Atlantis Paradise Island - Nassau

South America

Argentina

*Mundo Marino- Largest Oceanarium in Latin America
*Mar del Plata Aquarium
*Buenos Aires Aquarium (Acuario de Buenos Aires) - It is inside the Buenos Aires Zoo

Brazil

* Acqua Mundo
* Aquario de Ubatuba
* Planetário de São Paulo

Venezuela

* Valencia Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia) - Largest Aquarium in Latin America.

Caribbean

Cuba

* Freshwater Public Aquarium, Havana

French Antilles

* Aquarium de la Guadeloupe - Gosier, Guadeloupe

Oceania

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

* National Zoo & Aquarium - Canberra

New South Wales

* Sydney Aquarium - Sydney
* Oceanworld Manly - Manly

Queensland

* Underwater World - Mooloolaba
* Reef HQ - Townsville
* Sea World - Gold Coast
* Undersea World - Cairns

Victoria

* Melbourne Aquarium - Melbourne

Western Australia

* Aquarium of Western Australia - Perth

New Zealand

* Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World - Auckland
* National Aquarium of New Zealand - Napier
* Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House - Christchurch

See also

* List of botanical gardens
* List of zoos
* List of CAZA member zoos and aquariums
* List of AZA member zoos and aquariums
* List of dolphinariums

References

* [http://www.aquamania.eu/ International Aquarium Guide]
* [http://www.euro-aquarium.dk/ List of all public aquaria in Europe]
* [http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/travel/Norfolk_Freshwater_Havana_Aq.html Norfolk, Howard. My Visit to the Freshwater Public Aquarium in Havana, Cuba, Aquarticles.com, January 2004] , retrieved on: June 22, 2007
* [http://fins.actwin.com/dir/public.php Public Aquaria, Fins: The Fish Information Service, Actwin.com, 2000] , retrieved on: June 22, 2007